SPEAKER

Pierre-Alexandre Mateos

Curator and Writer

Independant

Pierre-Alexandre Mateos (b. 1989, Toulouse) is a Paris-based curator and writer. In 2025, he co-curated, with Charles Teyssou, Das Gold der Liebe II at Kunstverein Hamburg and Stavanger Secession: Museum of Accidents at TOU / Kunstverein Stavanger, Norway. Together with Teyssou, he is the co-author of Cruising Pavilion: Architecture, Dissident Sex, and Cruising Cultures (Spector Books / HEAD – Genève, 2025). From 2022 to 2024, he co-curated the Conversations programme at Art Basel Paris. His curatorial and writing practice explores the intersections of contemporary art, architecture, sexuality and subcultural histories, and he has contributed to programmes at institutions including Centre Pompidou, Musée Picasso Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Goethe-Institut, LUMA Arles and Pinault Collection. He is currently working with Teyssou and Kévin Blinderman on The Leatherman, an exhibition around Hubert Fichte and Hans Eppendorfer opening at Kölnischer Kunstverein in September 2026.

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Session

More Than a Party: Queer Spaces and the Future of Music Culture

Across the world, queer clubs and dedicated LGBTQIA+ nightlife spaces are disappearing under combined social and economic pressures, but at the same time, queer sound artists have become increasingly visible within mainstream club culture.

What is lost when dedicated queer venues disappear? How does queerness continue to shape the ways music spaces are imagined, organised and experienced?

Bringing together club operators, cultural workers and researchers, this session explores the political, social and cultural importance of queer nightlife infrastructures. The conversation asks how queer communities are responding to urban pressures, what new forms of gathering are emerging and how queer approaches to care, programming, accessibility and collective ownership might offer models for the future.
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At a time when many cities are losing dedicated queer venues, this session examines not only what is disappearing, but also what new possibilities are being created.

Panel Discussion

🇬🇧 English

SCENE

Night Culture Policies

Convention

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